Chapter 194
Two shadowy figures slipped unnoticed into the Sloan family’s gardens, glancing around. One remained hidden behind, and the other rushed through the shadows.
The sunset behind the mansion was painting the snow red, and shadows were long and wide, making it easy for Michelle to move around.
The guards patrolling were on high alert. They weren’t yet tired from standing guard too long, and darkness was falling, so they knew intruders could use it any moment to break in.
Michelle would use that. Unlike usual, she wasn’t the one who would gather all the information. She wanted to leave that to Anastasia. Michelle would just take away the guards’ attention.
Rushing through the shadows, Michelle overturned a small decorative statue to get the guards’ attention and continued going forward.
Hearing the sound, Anastasia remained still, hidden. When she heard another thing shatter and the guards shouting, she finally moved. The garden was empty.
Pursued by the guards, Michelle arched her lips into a smile and turned toward the building.
The next moment, a staircase out of void appeared in front of her, and she rushed up to the roof.
The guards wanted to go after her, but they couldn’t step on the staircase. Their legs just passed through it.
One of the guards started quickly forming a ladder out of wood on the side of the wall to follow Michelle up, while another one ran into the residence, searching for one of the Spirit Overlords. The intruder wasn’t someone the guards could deal with.
They could tell from the staircase. It carried no spirit energy; they passed through it, but the intruder was able to walk on it. A natural guess was that the intruder used a skill of natural discernment, where the staircase only let on those whom its creator chose.